Song Renzong is the sixth son of Song Zhenzong, and his mother is Li Chenfei, who was adopted by Empress Liu. Song Renzong is very shrewd. Historically speaking, he was too pleased to show his face.

As for his mother, there are some differences between what is depicted in Qingpingle and history. In Qingpingle, he said that he knew that Empress Liu was not his biological mother when her mother was alive. It is recorded in the History of Song Dynasty that I didn't know until my mother died.

Li of Chen Fei was revered as the empress dowager, and it was only when the emperor realized that he was born to Chen Fei. -"History of the Song Dynasty, Volume 1"

The so-called folk civet cats for princes were naturally compiled by later generations.

from the age of 12 to the age of 54, Song Renzong was emperor for 42 years, and his reign was relatively long in ancient times.

His power is divided into two parts:

First, Empress Liu took power

After Song Zhenzong's death, Song Renzong was young, and Liu E naturally intervened in politics. During Empress Liu's administration, Song Renzong was naturally just a decoration. Empress dowager Liu belongs to Wu Zetian. She even put on clothes representing the son of heaven, but in the end she didn't go out of Wu Zetian's step, otherwise Song Renzong's fate might be rewritten.

2. Take charge of your own affairs

1. Listen to advice

On the whole, Song Renzong is able to listen to advice.

For example, when he was first in charge of the government, Lv Yijian suggested to him: to be upright, to block evil ways, to ban goods and bribes, to distinguish between men and women, to avoid learning, to stop hard work and to save money.

Bao Qingtian opposed the appointment of his father, Yao Zhang and Zuo Wei, as well as this in "Qing Ping Le". The saliva was sprayed on his face, and he could keep listening with his hand.

Finally, I followed their advice and didn't appoint Zhang Yaozuo.

2. I want to change

At that time, the financial burden in the Northern Song Dynasty was very heavy. Fan Zhongyan wrote: be open to the public, suppress luck, pay close attention to tribute, choose officials, make public land, cultivate farmers and mulberry trees, repair military equipment, reduce corvee, be faithful to Qin, and give heavy orders. These ten suggestions started the "Celebrating the calendar and leading the country" in history.

It was promoted by Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Fu Bi, Ouyang Xiu and others.

3. I don't trust the ministers in my heart

Although Song Renzong can remonstrate, they guard against the ministers from the bottom of their hearts, but whoever has too much power and too many cronies will be suppressed.

when Lv Yijian was in great power, he took advantage of Wang Zeng and his contradictions to put the two men on strike, and Lv Yijian was banished from the capital.

"Qingli Pro-government" was initiated by him personally, but it was also ended by him personally. Because he found that these people formed cronies, which might pose a threat to the imperial power. So he started with Yan Shu, and then dismissed Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Fu Bi and Ouyang Xiu.

of course, it is also using the opposition.

4. Be kind to people

Generally speaking, Song Renzong is still kind to his opponents, and he doesn't kill people very much. As long as they hand over their power, they will be re-used after a while if they feel no threat. There are many descriptions of this in Qingpingle.

For example, when Yan Shu was banished from Beijing, he said that he wanted to go back to Beijing for medical treatment, so Song Renzong kept him in Beijing and asked him to give a lecture every five days, treating him like a prime minister.

Conclusion:

Generally speaking, Song Renzong was a good emperor. During his reign, many famous ministers came forth in large numbers, and the country was relatively stable, despite the Song and Xia Wars, Nong Zhigao Uprising and so on. Song Renzong's personal accomplishment is also quite high, with good calligraphy and good musical accomplishment. However, the ability to innovate is insufficient, and it can only be said that the situation is good and it is a master of persistence. If the score is 1, he can get 75 points.

This is my view of Song Renzong, for reference only.